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Associated Press
| 11 months ago
The Olympics opening ceremony was seen in the U.S. by 40.7 million people, making it the most-watched opening ceremony for a summer or winter Olympics. The Nielsen company said Saturday that the average viewership topped the previous record of 39.8...
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India Abroad
| 11 months ago
He clenches his fists and cries during the Artistic Gymnastics men's qualification at the London Olympics on Saturday. The gymnast landed a near-perfect routine to score 15.800 to an applause from the home crowd, and it brought tears in his eyes as...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
China's Yi Siling wins Games gold Shooting: Yi Siling's tears of joy after winning first gold of Olympics When China's Yi Siling grabbed the first gold of the London Olympics in the women's 10 metre air rifle, she couldn't help but cry. "I cried...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
I know we are professional players, but the Olympics are different. Every four years, only one time. "Now the women`s doubles is the only event I have at the Olympics so I will try my best to do well in it," Li said. Li will team up with Zhang Shuai...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
In the opening event at London Aquatics Center, Lochte, a three-time Olympic champion, led from the very beginning to touch wall first at 4:05.18, Xinhua reported. Brazil`s Thiago Pereira finished second at 4:08.86, while Japanese Yuya Horihata...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Italy had opened a narrow lead early on at Lord`s and led by four points at the half-way stage, but the US cut it back to one point ahead of the final end. The US, chasing their first Olympic gold in archery since the Atlanta Games in 1996, had...
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Taiwan News
| 11 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-07-29 03:35 AM China 's Ye Shiwen set the first world record at the London Olympic pool, winning the women's 400-meter individual medley with a dominant finishing kick...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
M watch NBC's coverage of Olympics ceremony The Olympic rings drip foreworks during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2012, in London. The ceremony, welcoming more than 10,000 athletes from 204 nations, was a...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Britain's archers were blown completely off course in the first round of the London Olympics team competition on Saturday, losing 223-212 to Ukraine. The threesome of Larry Godfrey, Simon Terry and Alan Wills were given a rapturous welcome by a crowd...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Thousands of athletes representing the 204 competing countries took part in the athletes' parade in the Olympic stadium which reflected the cultural uniqueness of each nation. The team parades were as spectacular as the opening ceremony of the London...
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Chicago Tribune
| 11 months ago
Michael Phelps narrowly avoided what would have been a massive embarrassment on the opening morning of the London Olympics, earning the eighth and final qualifying spot in the men's 400 individual medley Saturday morning. Phelps won the event in 2004...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Olympic athletes using drugs were warned "we are going to catch you" Saturday after the London Games were hit by their first doping case on the opening day of full competition. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the case of Albanian...
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Russia Today
| 11 months ago
Time magazine has issued its list of the worst and the best London Olympics opening ceremony outfits with the Russian kit named among the least fashionable...Poland's Sylwia Bogacka took the silver medal with 502.2 points, while the bronze went to...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
After a neck-to-neck fight in the first set, Kashyap comfortably won the second set and the Belgian couldn't match his stroke play. It is the first win by an Indian contingent at 2012 London Olympics. He is now to face Vietnamese player who is ranked...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
This was about Great Britain; it didn't pretend it was trying to have global appeal. Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. But for China that was the only imaginable kind of international event. Beijing's...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
Poland's Sylwia Bogacka, who led for the first half of the final, claimed silver with a total of 502.2 after a costly shot in the eighth round...Yi, the world number one, smiled in delight as she scooped what is sure to be the first of many golds for...
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India Abroad
| 11 months ago
Ireland's Olympic Council is investigating an allegation that one of its competitors at the London [ Images ] Games previously bet on an opponent to win an event in which they were both competing, a spokesman said on Saturday. The council has...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
China's world number one Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle competition at London's Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday. In a tense contest Poland's Sylwia Bogacka took silver while Yu Dan of China won...
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India Abroad
| 11 months ago
So during the Opening ceremony t he British flag flies among those of other countries participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics on Saturday. Last updated on: July 28, 2012 16:20 IST Share this Ask Users Write a Comment Print this article I ndia's...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Shooter Bahia Al Hamad became the first Qatari woman to compete in an Olympics when she began her qualifying round in the 10 metre air rifle event at the London Games this morning. The 20-year-old, dressed in a headscarf, showed no ill affects from...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
With India sending its largest ever contingent to the Olympics, there are high expectations that the athletes will return with their best ever haul. For a long time, it was a given that India would win a medal only in hockey...Now we have medal...
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Chicago Tribune
| 11 months ago
A couple embraces after the Olympic Flame was lit during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium July 27, 2012. British and world newspapers hailed a spectacular opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics, with...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Due to his physical injury, Bolt lost several consecutive stops to the Games. "I feel very happy to be in London and love to enjoy this feeling. Though I went to many places, here makes me feel wonderful," he said. "With so many setbacks I...
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Times of Oman
| 11 months ago
Crackdown on doping offenders in the run-up to the London Olympics has been a success after testers caught more than a 100 athletes using performance-enhancing drugs in recent months, IOC President Jacques Rogge said yesterday. Hours before the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Google has come up with a new doodle to celebrate the second day of the Olympics with a graphic image of the London 2012 archery event. The Google doodle depicts a female archer aiming at the target, the third alphabet in the Google logo, which has...
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Chinadaily
| 11 months ago
Fireworks made in China light up the sky during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics on Friday night. "All the fireworks to be set off at the London Olympics are from China and three-fourths come from Liuyang city of Central China's Hunan...
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Los Angeles Times
| 11 months ago
Select a date range Create a custom date range From: To: July 27, 2012 , 5:27 p.m. NBC wants viewers to know: The kickoff of the London Olympics was just too complicated to watch live. The network is fighting back against intense criticism of its...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Everyone is hard at work, getting ready for the big day in London. Grunts fill the air as coaches whack the delicate white shuttlecock back and forth to players on the other side of the net, in what seem like endless rallies. The pressure is on the...
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Tamil Net
| 11 months ago
Sources in London, citing the British police, said that the Sri Lankan delegation did not attend the opening ceremony out of choice. However, the delegation invited by the IOC, were not compelled by the UK authorities not to attend. Speaking to...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
And yes, it crackled with British music, literature, and humor. London Supposedly, it was London 's bad fortune to be the next Summer Olympics host after Beijing . Who, after all, could top that opening ceremony? Skip to next paragraph
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athletes made their appearance at the opening ceremony to the London Games on Friday, dressed in traditional hijabs, or Islamic headscarfs. Saudi Arabia was one of three countries, alongside Brunei and Qatar, never...
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Tech Dirt
| 11 months ago
When NBC screws up its coverage of the Olympics by showing people what it thinks they want to see, rather than what they actually want to see? Every two years, the Olympics does two appallingly annoying things: making it difficult to watch the...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Danny Boyle was in charge of the much-anticipated opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics. The acclaimed director describes himself as a "just a story teller" on his Twitter page, but he had quite the story planned for the opening ceremony.
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PopSugar
| 11 months ago
Kate Middleton and Prince William helped kick off the Olympics side by side during the official opening ceremony this evening in London. The Olympic Stadium was filled to capacity with fans, athletes, and leaders from around the world. Kate, Will,...
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Just Jared
| 11 months ago
The 30-year-old Duchess of Cambridge, who was joined by her husband Prince William , met up with dignitaries from around the world earlier in the day at Buckingham Palace. Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco also attended the ceremony!...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Every recent opening ceremony of the Olympics went for glitter and glamour, in an escalating war of excess. Ceremony fanatics consider the Beijing opening ceremony the gaudiest of all and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (the director of Slumdog Millionaire )...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
All that's needed is the name of your cable or satellite provider. The Summer Olympics will also be broadcast on TV on NBC in the U.S...Over a billion people are expected to witness the beginning of the Games. Competitions officially began on...
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The Hindu
| 11 months ago
The battle between China and the United States for top honours in the medal table at the London Olympics is likely to go down to the wire, David Wallechinsky, one of the foremost authorities on Olympics history, said on Friday. The US won a total of...
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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
Heres a city with a skyline the world recognises, one that is littered with frequently filmed iconic images. When even the street-corner seems to evoke a sense of familiarity in strangers, it can be a steep challenge to surprise the visitor, much...
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
Kim Clijsters likened her first Olympic Games experience on Friday to being on a school outing as the former world number one prepared to play at Wimbledon for the last time before retirement. The Belgian will quit after the US Open, but first the...
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People
| 11 months ago
But as you cheer on your favorite swimmers, gymnasts and other all-star athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics , which kick off in London Friday with the highly anticipated opening ceremony, here's a gold medal-worthy swill worth rooting for...Warning:...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The area was immediately evacuated and no casualties have been reported so far. A party was scheduled to be organized at the place soon after the opening ceremony. Three British sailors were supposed to hold a press conference...Notably the Olympic...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Many archery enthusiasts missed the opportunity to see the best in the world in action on a day when South Korean archers broke two world records in men`s competitions. The South Korean team broke the men`s team record with a new mark of 2,087 points...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 11 months ago
The 2012 Summer Olympics should again see China win the most golds and the US win the most medals overall. The split points to the two countries' different Olympic aims. London From Friday's opening ceremonies to the look of the venues, London might...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Caption competition News in pictures Sport blogs I can report that Ladbrokes are really shaking things up this morning by going a stand out even mone... by Gareth Purnell 25 July 2012 12:01 AM There is a new craze sweeping the London 2012 Olympics,...
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
Spain stood tall early but sharp-shooting Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James helped the U.S. team overcome a shaky start for a 100-78 win Tuesday (Wednesday, PHL time) in a potential preview of the gold-medal game at the London Olympics. The U.S. team...
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GMA News
| 11 months ago
China's Olympic flag bearer will be tall, handsome and famous to provide a positive image of the Asian sporting superpower, according to the team's deputy chef de mission. The flag bearer's identity has been protected as jealously as a state secret...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
It's hot _ really hot (for London) A diver trains at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in London...Opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday, July 27. (AP...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 11 months ago
A swimmer practices in the pool during a training session at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in London...The summer Olympics in London will start on Friday July 27. (AP Photo/Kirsty...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 11 months ago
The last few days before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics swirled past in a flurry for Mark Grimmette. The luger from Michigan had been chosen to carry the American flag at the opening ceremony and wondered about protocol...And one more thing. "I had a...
